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Wormian bones

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The presence of extra bones within a cranial suture. Wormian bones are irregular isolated bones which appear in addition to the usual centers of ossification of the cranium. [ ]

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Wormian bones

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  • Extra bones within cranial sutures
  • Intra sutural bones
  • Intrasutural bones
  • Islands of bone within cranial sutures
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hposlim_core

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Extra bones within cranial sutures [ ORCID : 0000-0001-5889-4463 ]

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Irregular, solated bones in the lambdoidal suture or at the fontanelles.

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human_phenotype

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HP:0002645

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